The best epitaph for Roger Ebert was one he wrote himself

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Apr 5, 2013 at 12:20 PM

Roger Ebert wrote THIS 19 months ago:

I will pass away sooner than most people who read this, but that doesn’t shake my sense of wonder and joy…

Raised as a Roman Catholic, I internalized the social values of that faith and still hold most of them, even though its theology no longer persuades me. I have no quarrel with what anyone else subscribes to; everyone deals with these things in his own way, and I have no truths to impart. All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it. ...

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Pat Cunningham

Roger Ebert wrote THIS 19 months ago:

I will pass away sooner than most people who read this, but that doesn’t shake my sense of wonder and joy…

Raised as a Roman Catholic, I internalized the social values of that faith and still hold most of them, even though its theology no longer persuades me. I have no quarrel with what anyone else subscribes to; everyone deals with these things in his own way, and I have no truths to impart. All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it. ...

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